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BOOK 119: THE MAGUS – JOHN FOWLES

The Magus (1965) is a postmodern novel by British author John Fowles, telling the story of Nicholas Urfe, a young British graduate who is teaching English on a small Greek island. Urfe becomes embroiled in the psychological illusions of a master trickster, which become increasingly dark and serious. Considered a metafiction, it was the first novel written by Fowles, but the third he published. In 1977 he published a revised edition.

In 1999 The Magus was ranked on both lists of Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 93 on the editors' list, and 71 on the readers' list. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 67 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.

MY VERDICT: I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was long but never boring.  It kept you asking questions and gave so much information and so many little stories but none of which you could believe.  I spent the whole book waiting find out exactly what it all meant but in fact never quite got there.  This would ordinarily annoy or frustrate me but I came to terms with it in the end, that some things are unknowable and I came to feel exactly as I thought the character Nicholas Urfe must have felt.

Film 1095: Before Midnight

Trivia: Dedicated to the memory of Amy, the woman who was the inspiration for Before Sunrise (1995). Richard Linklater had spent a night walking and talking around Philadelphia with her, but eventually they lost contact. Some time between Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013), he finally learned that Amy had died many years before in a traffic accident, so he dedicated the movie to her.

Made 9 years after the second film and 18 years after first film, which is the length of time between the events in each story.

Ethan Hawke described Before Sunrise (1995) as a film about what might be, Before Sunset (2004) as a film about what could or should be, and Before Midnight (2013) as a film about what is.

Walter Lassally, who plays Patrick, the British writer, is a famous cinematographer, who despite having an Academy Award, this is his first time acting.